Availability of Loan

One can compare benefits of both policies based on aspects like availability of loan, surrender value, tax benefits, death benefits, etc. for Kotak eLifetime Income Plan and Kotak Lifetime Income Plan. For an insurance policy, loan option may or may not be provided. For first policy, a person cannot apply for loan and second policy does not provide loan facility.Loan is a facility that is provided by the insurance companies so that in case of emergencies, you can borrow money against your life insurance policy. If loan is provided by an insurance company, its value is usually deducted from your fund value i.e. the amounts of premiums that you've paid up to the time of money borrow. Also some companies specify the period of time when the loan has to repaid.

Benefits Under Kotak eLifetime Income and Kotak Lifetime Income

Benefits Under Kotak eLifetime Income and Kotak Lifetime Income can an important point of comparison between the two plans.

Tax benefit implies that a part of one's fund value and the premium that one pays against his insurance plan are eligible for deduction on tax returns. Maturity benefit can be availed at the end of the policy term of your plan. It is paid along with the sum assured. Death benefit is an amount of money paid to the family of the life insured in event of his demise before the end of the policy term. Annuity benefit offers you an opportunity to convert your funds at end of policy term to annuity. Annuity is a type of plan where you pay a lump sum amount at once and reap its benefits after your retirement.

Surrender Value of Kotak eLifetime Income and Kotak Lifetime Income

Surrender value of Kotak eLifetime Income and Kotak Lifetime Income is the amount of money that will be provided by the insurance company in case you want to surrender the policy before maturity. Surrender may not be allowed for all types of insurance policies. Kotak eLifetime Income Plan does not allow policy surrender before end of term. Kotak Lifetime Income Plan does not allow surrender of policy.

Bonuses Available for These Plans

Bonuses available for these plans include terminal bonus, reversionary bonus, interim bonus etc. Bonus is an important part of Kotak eLifetime Income and Kotak Lifetime Income benefits. Terminal bonus is provided by the insurance company to reflect the overall performance of your chosen policy. Reversionary bonus is an amount of money added to your returns on maturity. Terminal bonus is usually announced twice a year. If your policy matures at a date between these two bonus days, you may get an interim bonus.

Bonus provided under Kotak eLifetime Income Plan: No bonus is provided.

Bonus provided under Kotak Lifetime Income Plan: No bonus is provided.